Samsung Galaxy Core I8262 is a entry level mid range dual sim Android smartphone. It has a dual core processor and 4.3 inch touch screen display. The device runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS with Touchwiz user interface. The Samsung Galaxy Core price in India as writing this is ₹15,690.
Samsung Galaxy Core is powered by 1.2GHz dual core processor based on ARM Cortex A5 and has Snapdragon MSM8225 S4 Play chipset. It has Adreno 203 GPU and 1GB of RAM. The internal memory of this dual sim Android phone is 8GB and support microSD card upto 64GB. The benchmark scores of Samsung Galaxy Core are shows decent for the price band. It scores 33.4 FPS Nenamark test, 3037 in Quadrant score and Antutu benchmark score of 7402, Overall it plays most of the games without any issues and has negligible lag in the performance.
Samsung Galaxy Core sports 4.3 inch TFT LCD capacitive touch screen with a screen resolution of 480x800 pixels and 217 ppi pixel density. The viewing angles and colors look excellent for a entry level mid range smartphone. Sadly there is no Corning Gorilla glass protection to prevent scratches or damage on the screen.
For connectivity, device has 2G,3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and USB. Samsung Galaxy Core can be used as a modem to connect to internet from PC or other WiFi enabled devices. It supports both USB tethering and WiFi tethering features. For using the USB tethering you need to download and install Samsung Drivers and for WiFi tethering, simply enable the feature and connect to the phone WiFi hotspot. You can use Samsung Kies for updating Galaxy Core and even for backup your device data such as contacts, photos and others.
Samsung Galaxy Core comes with 5 Mega pixel primary camera with LED flash. There is also a VGA front facing camera for video calling features. When we compare, Nokia Lumia 720 or any Lumia series smartphones with Galaxy Core, the biggest drawback is it records videos at maximum 480p@30fps only whereas all current Lumia smartphones starting from 520 supports 720p HD video recording though it is priced much lower than this.
Battery life of Samsung Galaxy Core is decent. The Li-ion 1800 mAh battery will survive for a day on normal usage but but if you use it for gaming, then you need to recharge it twice a day.
Samsung Galaxy Core is powered by 1.2GHz dual core processor based on ARM Cortex A5 and has Snapdragon MSM8225 S4 Play chipset. It has Adreno 203 GPU and 1GB of RAM. The internal memory of this dual sim Android phone is 8GB and support microSD card upto 64GB. The benchmark scores of Samsung Galaxy Core are shows decent for the price band. It scores 33.4 FPS Nenamark test, 3037 in Quadrant score and Antutu benchmark score of 7402, Overall it plays most of the games without any issues and has negligible lag in the performance.
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Samsung Galaxy Core sports 4.3 inch TFT LCD capacitive touch screen with a screen resolution of 480x800 pixels and 217 ppi pixel density. The viewing angles and colors look excellent for a entry level mid range smartphone. Sadly there is no Corning Gorilla glass protection to prevent scratches or damage on the screen.
For connectivity, device has 2G,3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and USB. Samsung Galaxy Core can be used as a modem to connect to internet from PC or other WiFi enabled devices. It supports both USB tethering and WiFi tethering features. For using the USB tethering you need to download and install Samsung Drivers and for WiFi tethering, simply enable the feature and connect to the phone WiFi hotspot. You can use Samsung Kies for updating Galaxy Core and even for backup your device data such as contacts, photos and others.
Samsung Galaxy Core comes with 5 Mega pixel primary camera with LED flash. There is also a VGA front facing camera for video calling features. When we compare, Nokia Lumia 720 or any Lumia series smartphones with Galaxy Core, the biggest drawback is it records videos at maximum 480p@30fps only whereas all current Lumia smartphones starting from 520 supports 720p HD video recording though it is priced much lower than this.
Battery life of Samsung Galaxy Core is decent. The Li-ion 1800 mAh battery will survive for a day on normal usage but but if you use it for gaming, then you need to recharge it twice a day.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Samsung galaxy Core Duos
Pros of Samsung Galaxy Core:- Very Good display screen with excellent viewing angle and colors
- Good gaming performance
- Decent battery life
Cons of Samsung Galaxy Core:
- There is no HD video recording capability. Max video capture resolution is 480p@30fps
- No Corning Gorilla Glass protection
- Android version is not the latest one
Samsung Galaxy Core Specification
- Size & Weight : 67.56x129.3x8.95mm & 124 g
- CPU, GPU & RAM: 1.2 GHz, Dual Core Cortex A5, Adreno 203 and 1GB RAM
- Display: 4.3 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen, 480 x 800 pixels (~217 ppi pixel density)
- Storage: 8GB internal and upto 64GB through microSD card
- Camera: 5MP primary camera and VGA front facing camera
- Battery: Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery, Up to 500 h (2G) / Up to 300 h (3G) standby time and Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 9 h (3G) talk time
- Connectivity: 2G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, WiFi and USB
- OS& UI: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and Touchwz UI
Samsung Galaxy Core PC Suite free Download
Samsung provides pc suite for its galaxy series smartphones through which you can backup your device, update firmware and transfer media file and sync contacts. The PC suite for Samsung Galaxy Core is Samsung Kies version 2.6.0.13091_9. The Samsung Kies for Galaxy Core is compatible with Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8. There is free download of Samsung Kies for Mac system too. The Mac version of Samsung Kies version is 3.0.0.13091_3_1. This is compatible with Mac OS 10.5 ~ 10.8. You can refer my earlier post on How to download free Samsung PC suite for more details on the same.